EGAVE

formally

About 9.72 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adverb In a formal manner.
    He was dressed too formally for the occasion.
  2. adverb In accordance with official procedure.
    He formally filed a complaint, which involved much paperwork.
  3. adverb In accordance with rigorous rules.
    He proved it formally but gave his students no intuitive feel for the matter.

Similar words

officially with formality procedurally systematically legally categorically theoretically properly duly specifically

Often followed by

and to in recognized established declared organized the adopted

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